About the Role
The Psychotherapist works within a multi-disciplinary team at the Downtown East HART Hub to provide individual and group psychotherapy. This role supports service users with complex needs, including homelessness, substance use, and mental health challenges, while assisting the Director of Clinical Programs and Services in program delivery.
Responsibilities
- Conduct weekly individual sessions with complex clients
- Facilitate and co-facilitate DBT or other therapy groups
- Attend weekly case conferences
- Collaborate with service providers to ensure continuity of care
- Manage client files, admissions, case notes, and discharges using the Client Management System
- Collaborate with the Director and Program Manager on program design and implementation
- Liaise with community partners, resources, and referral sources
- Conduct formal assessments for substance use and health issues
- Facilitate psychosocial group programs as needed
- Provide brief interventions and health promotion
- Support additional program tasks as required
Requirements
- Graduate degree in Psychotherapy, Counselling Psychology, or equivalent
- Membership in good standing of a regulated health profession permitted to conduct the Controlled Act of Psychotherapy
- Demonstrated experience in screening, assessment, supportive counseling, case coordination, and brief intervention
- Demonstrated experience in motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy
- Demonstrated experience with group development, facilitation, and evaluation
- Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to commencement
Skills
- Program delivery and group facilitation
- Psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic modalities
- Knowledge of addiction, concurrent disorders, mental health, trauma, and recovery
- Harm reduction and abstinence approaches
- Health equity, diversity, and inclusivity
- Client Management Systems
- Evidence-based practice integration
- Assessment and supportive counseling
- Case coordination and management
- Anti-oppression and trauma-informed framework
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Computer and software proficiency
Location
- Downtown East, Toronto
Work Type
- Full-time
- 40 hours per week
- Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm
Education Level
- Graduate degree in Psychotherapy, Counselling Psychology, or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $76,004.28
Benefits
- Benefits
- Pension
About the Company
- St. Michael’s Homes
- The Downtown East HART Hub is a three-year demonstration project funded by the province
- The Regent Park CHC HART Hub is co-led with Fred Victor and the Downtown East Toronto Ontario Health Team
Equal Opportunity
- St. Michael’s Homes is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion
- Accommodations are available on request for candidates throughout the recruitment process
